| ▲ | saubeidl 4 hours ago | |||||||
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| ▲ | pasiaj 3 hours ago | parent | next [-] | |||||||
You seem to mistake an ideal for reality and forgo a few difficult eventualities: eg. tyranny of the majority, corruption, regulatory capture, etc. | ||||||||
| ▲ | ptero 3 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] | |||||||
Depends on the specific incarnation of the democracy. Not infrequently in elections the majority sees the choice as the one of the lesser evil. | ||||||||
| ▲ | d_k_f 3 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] | |||||||
The state might be comprised of people, but unless everybody is directly involved in the final decision process you'll always have (at least) a principal-agent problem between the people acting as political representatives and everybody else. | ||||||||
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| ▲ | pessimizer 3 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] | |||||||
"Democracy" is just a word. It means rule bu the mob, and adds no other details. Describe what you mean by it. | ||||||||
| ▲ | echelon_musk 3 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | |||||||
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